Florentine is one of over 50,000 residents of Kyakya II refugee settlement in Uganda. She found her new home here at the end of 2016, escaping the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Florentine is a mother of two, a six and a three-year-old. One of her children is paralysed since birth, which makes her life as a refugee additionally challenging.
“It took us three days to reach Uganda. I was carrying one child, and my husband, the other one. We didn’t bring much with us from our home back in North Kivu, DRC. The journey was difficult and like so many refugees I know, we were robbed of our belongings while walking towards Uganda. Initially we were wearing shoes but our feet got so sore after days of walking that we had to take them off and continue barefoot,” remembers Florentine. Florentine told us how she spends her days in the settlement.